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A TESLA Cybertruck has reportedly exploded in front of a Trump hotel just hours into the new year, sending giant clouds of black and white smoke into the sky above the Las Vegas Strip.
Multiple people reported hearing and seeing the blast at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas just before 9 am local time on Wednesday.
“Some sort of explosion at Trump tower in Las Vegas. No idea what happened yet,” someone wrote on X.
“Heard what sounded like a dumpster being dropped on the ground and dragged across the ground for 10 seconds,” another person wrote on X.
But the explosion appears to have been a car fire involving a Tesla.
A hotel guest shared a video of what appears to be a Tesla Cybertruck engulfed in flames parked just beyond the hotel’s doors.
“Cybertruck blew up in front of Trump hotel in Las Vegas. Those are our luggage by the door and that’s where we were when it happened,” the guest wrote on X.
Loud bangs can be heard throughout the short video as the fire rages.
The video also shows fire alarms going off inside the hotel as the blaze spread throughout the vehicle.
Fire teams rushed to the scene near the hotel and Fashion Show Mall, according to local NBC affiliate KSNV.
An ambulance and multiple cop cars were also seen racing to the scene.
Footage shared on X showed people standing in a parking lot near the hotel after being evacuated.
No injuries have been reported.
Fashion Show Drive has been shut down while officials tend to the scene.
The U.S. Sun has reached out to the hotel and Las Vegas police for comment.
News of the blaze comes hours after President-elect Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk were celebrating the start of 2025 together.
Musk was just one of the hundreds of attendees at Trump’s star-studded Mar-a-Lago bash.
His four-year-old son, X, was also in attendance.
Musk recently moved into a luxury cottage on the Mar-a-Lago property, according to reports.
He has become a strong Trump ally in recent months and will serve as co-chair of the new Department of Government Efficiency once Trump is inaugurated.
